It's 305am EST 1205 in Abu Dhabi and round 2 is well underway and the late flight are just teeing off led by Luke Donald -1 71, Rory McIlroy -5 67 and Tiger Woods -2 70.
The leader right now is the Dane Thorbjorn Olesen who is at -6 today -8 total playing 16, the the Scot Paul Lawrie at -4 today -6 total.
Sergio is at -4 total now T5 and he is the best of the other big group. Westwood is at E today and that is his total and 3 time champion Martin Kaymer won't be around for the weekend after his +5 77 yesterday he is +1 today.
live scoring round 2 at Abu Dhabi http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012004/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y
Rory has made bogey at the first now -4, Luke opens with a par -1, and Tiger a birdie, now -3.
I am off to the gym, will report in when I get back..
updating 10am est
Luke said 'I don't think you can do that' and then I was like 'Oh yeah I can't, can I?' It twigged on me straightaway"
Rory's second shot at the par 4 9th was on a collar between the bunker and the green, he bent over and brushed away some sand on the collar.. that's when Luke spoke.
He called the referee, was assessed a 2 shot penalty turning his 4 into a 6. He also had a double bogey on the third and did well to avoid another on the 11th, but six birdies kept him in the hunt. 67, 72 139 -5
As the day's play drew towards its close Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen, three times a runner-up in his rookie season last year, was a stroke in front of McIlroy's compatriot Gareth Maybin 68,70 138 -6, who had yet to record a bogey. Olesen made a bogey on 18, but had 7 birdies on his card 70,67 137 -7
Tiger Woods 70,69 139 -5 had a chance to catch Olesen when he birdied the 13th, 14th and 16th, but he bogeyed the 17th after driving into the rough and, like McIlroy, had to settle for par on the long 18th. That gave him a 69, while current Number One Luke Donald 71,72 143 -1, the third member of the group, had another quiet day in comparison to the adventures of McIlroy.
Woods said: "I thought I played well. A lot of the things Sean (coach Sean Foley) and I are working on are starting to feel very comfortable. But it's tough out there - the rough's getting deeper and more lush." He had another day where he wasn't making many mistakes, has his ball under control, 28 putts compared to 35 yesterday, only 6 fairways hit, and 13 GIR compared to 17 on Thursday.
Italian teenager Matteo Manassero 73,65 139 joined Maybin at -6 with the best of the week 65.
Lee Westwood, meanwhile, battled with a neck problem (pinched nerve) as he remained level par with another 72 and defending champion Martin Kaymer, winner three of the last four years - missed the cut which fell at +2, after improving only four shots on his opening 77
The fact of the matter is 30 players are with 5 shots of the lead, and while Rory and Tiger at -5 will get all the attention just 2 back, guys like Sergio, Paddy and Charl are all lurking at -4
Branden Grace's bid to win 3 in a row fell short 75,73 MC, Monty 71,76 MC needs to get to the gym this weekend, and Darren Clarke 72,81 continues to play nothing like the Open champion.
I am not sure why the suits at the GC have sent Steve Sands all the way to Abu Dhabi, he is not an analyst and they sure don't need another host. I can only assume since Tiger is in the field, they wanted to ensure they had a Woods, Golf Channel rah rah rah guy in the booth. What other reason is there ??
round 3 tee times http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012004/teetimes/index.html
Rory, Robert Karlsson and Tiger are paired in the 3rd last group at 1145am local 245am EST Saturday morning.
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles
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